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Monday, April 25, 2011

What is in YOUR purse? -- and giveaways!

I find that I tend to have some strange items in my purse, and often wonder what other ladies have in THEIR purses. Today I am hoping to find out! :o)

Here is a photo of the contents of my purse, as of today. Nothing was planted, nothing was removed (with the exception of a couple receipts and gum wrappers!). The list, starting with the chapstick at the bottom and heading (mostly) counter-clockwise:

NOW I want to know what is in YOUR purse -- or diaper bag, or handbag, or pocket book, or tote bag, or backpack, or whatever it is you carry! And, since folks don't normally make a habit of taking photos of what's in their bags -- I am making this a giveaway. Since I don't sew or make patterns for bags or purses, I asked four lovely ladies if they would be willing to share theirs with you. And they have agreed!(Lucky me! Lucky you!)

#1 Jen of JensBags has offered to give away ANY PURSE, BAG, OR WRISTLET in her shop. Super generous! The above photo shows just a few of the amazing bags she now has listed. I own one of her fantastic creations, and let me just say -- her workmanship is just beautiful!

#2: Wendy of LuckyLemonDryGoods has offered one of her super fabulous ONION LABEL MARKET TOTES. These canvas bags are bold and eye-catching with their recycled onion bag labels! She is giving away the "Great Catch" bag, second from the left. She also has a blog, OldDaysOldWays -- and happens to be my amazingly talented mom!

1. Take a picture of your purse's contents (feel free to omit gum wrappers, receipts, and embarrassing personal care items) If you feel like it, include your purse in your photo2. Upload it to my super special created-for-this-occasion FLICKR GROUP, along with a quick list of what you found3. Come back here and leave a comment with a link to your photo in the flickr group4. Include your email address!!5. One entry per person

That's all! I will pick four winners via random.org on Wednesday evening and post winners as soon as I have them counted.

51 comments:

I'll get her done. But the truth is my purse died two weeks ago and I have the fabric to sew up another one, just haven't found the time, and haven't finalized my design. So for the last two weeks I have been carrying my important id a cards in a student id wallet (that is tiny), keys in back pocket, and phone in front pocket, with my sunglasses left in the car. It stinks but I have a lot less junk to haul around. :)

I have typically end up switching purses pretty often, but cause I like to test out the bags I make. So, for the most part, this is all I carryhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/60526294@N02/5654807253/in/pool-1703165@N22/.

I will occasionally have a stray horse in my bag though, courtesy of my 5yo.

This is cracking me up- all the random things that find their way into our purses! I tend to keep a pretty organized purse most of the time, but I was totally grossed out by how many wadded up gum wrappers I had this time around- ewwww!

i actually just switched to a teeny tiny purse a couple days ago. turns out the massive shoulder bag was the cause of my neck pains.. that or it was the giant wallet, pens, makeup bag, lotion/sanitizer, deodorant, phone charger, keys, reusable grocery bag, calculator, and text book that were in it.

i added my pic to the group but apparently i have a much longer link than everyone else. here's the direct: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizelnick/5655941005/

For four years I carried a huge backpack around,but few months ago I switched to a huge bag :-)At the moment it isn't full to much as usually so I don't have so much to share,just 14 things :-) here is link http://www.flickr.com/photos/62170175@N02/?saved=1 and my e-mail is hanci06@net.hr

Very fun! I swap purses often, and thankfully only had to remove tissues from this one before the photo op. :) My favorite item is my son's pterodactyl, which was captured on "film" during its brief sojourn with me.

This is a really fun contest.... it's interesting to see what other ladies carry around with them! Here's the link to "what's in my purse"! :o)http://www.flickr.com/photos/49227443@N03/5661006825/in/pool-whatisinyourpurse

hahaa thanks for giving me a reason to look inside my own disaster zone.. i totally need a cute pouch for my purse.. or a new purse ;)http://www.flickr.com/photos/62197608@N05/5662496544/in/pool-whatisinyourpurse

My bag is a sweet Hello Kitty number, with a little plush Chococat clipped onto the side. Inside, I found my pink wallet, gum, two kinds of hand sanitizer, two sets of keys, three lonely Tic Tacs, two empty Easter Eggs, a stray Band-Aid, small tin of Altoids, two tiny animals, a Littlest Pet Shop Teeniest Tiniest bat, two egg-shaped erasers, Soft Lips lip balm, and the tiniest pen and spiral notebook in the world. Also an embarrassing number of gum wrappers. And Care, you definitely know my email address. :)